we're dealing with dangerous wind chills this morning, as the federal government shuts down in washington because of snow. ukraine's new leaders accuses russia of declaring war by moving thousands of troops into the southern region. and we'll have the big winners from last night's academy awards ... and how host, ellen, broke twittter. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. >> will get your morning headlines in just a minute spot first our weather. >> and winter is not over yet is one of our top 10 februaries on record. we're starting off march a little cold. today we will be called lucky to make the midteens. partly cloudy

conditions. caught are on the increase with the passing scotia are moving through tonight. light snow. nothing too heavy. it could slow us down because of the timing. current temperature is - 4 in waukegan. - 5 and bartlett. - 6 in aurora. typically overnight lows are in the '20s. the wind chill is -22 in bartlett. -24 in dekalb. -15 and morris. the wind chill could be dangerous. windchill by sri is in effect until 9:00 a.m.. but satellite are composite shows light snow generally off shore. most of this snow is off to the south and east. 18 degrees is the temperature by 5:00. the typically we should be in the '40's. snow showers

return tuesday and wednesday. when state 1-3 in. of snow. we make 29. >> so far so good on the roads. no major delays or problems on the expressway's or the tweets. heading in bound on the eisenhower there is some road work going on around morgan where they are doing the bridge demolition. other than that it's nice and clear and other than the construction. but it's back to you guys. >> we're a few hours into the murder trial of oscar pistorius in south africa. the amputee track star is charged with murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp a year ago. pistorius says he thought he was shooting an intruder when he fired his gun at his closed bathroom door. but prosecutors say the couple had an argument before he put on his legs, got his gun, and started shooting. a judge will decide whether pistorius is guilty of murder, which has a mandatory life sentence. he has just pleaded not guilty.

this will the first trial to be televised in south africa, but some testimony will not be. teachers at two chicago public schools will boycott the state standardized test. judy wang is *live at saucedo scholastic academy in little village with more. >> good morning. 40 teachers here where the first to announce they would boycott. they said they are not afraid. under orders from the headquarters the principle is supposed to ordered teachers to leave the building if they refuse to give the test. one when teachers made the announcement the argued giving the test waste of valuable construction time and it's not being used for grade promotion or for deciding eligibility for the city's elite schools. it is replacing the test next year. friday teachers at another school decided they would boycott as well. illinois

standard achievement test is required to comply with the federal no child left behind law and to qualify for government funds. it takes two weeks to administer the test. teachers who refuse will face disciplinary action including the loss of the teaching certification. the mayor backed her up. >> she made the right call the system is state mandated. the teachers' school has been accomplished but this year we will continue because we have to. it's state mandated. the only people who can pull somebody out is not a teacher but a parent. >> the teachers here claim the parents of about 500 students have opted out. the teachers' union says it's not taping barbara byrd bennett as an idle threat and union leaders are preparing a defense.

>>the new leadership of ukraine is accusing russia of declaring war. an estimated six thousand russian troops effectively seized control of ukraine's crimean peninsula over the weekend. crimea is on the black sea, a major shipping lane for russian crude oil. the russians have surrounded three ukrainian military bases, and demanded that the soldiers inside surrender. russia's actions have sparked official condemnation from around the world, and protests among ukrainian americans. >> there will the cost to the economy of russia and to russian businesses and to russian individuals. ultimately i think russia will isolate itself on a global stage that had just spent $60 billion for the olympics to try to present a different face. >> the g-8 summit, scheduled in russia this summer, has been suspended in protest. chicago's local ukrainian community is calling on the united nations to take action against russia, before an armed senator durbin told a gathering

of local ukrainians, a military response isn't currently on the table. >> we also want mr. prudent to note that this idea of invading any country that happens to border russia is not acceptable. he ruined whatever charm offensive he launched in sochi on the streets in crimea. >> chicago has about 50 thousand ukrainian americans... many of them have relatives who took part in the street protests in kiev that drove ukraine's old president from office. and many are worried what will happen if russia and ukraine go to war. a massive winter storm is now hitting the east coast. federal government offices in washington are closed today. the d-c area expects rain, ice and eight to 12 inches of snow. central arkansas, tennessee and kentucky are also at risk for heavy ice conditions. public schools from dallas to philadelphia canceled classes for today. and by early sunday evening, about two thousand flights were canceled and 56 hundred delayed due to the storm. an evacuation order has been

lifted in southern california after a severe storm threatened the safety of some residents. several neighborhoods in los angeles county were evacuated because of possible flooding and mudslides. the storms will not eliminate the severe drought in california. the l-a area has still only received about half of its normal rainfall for the season. this year's polar plunge turned out to be the most successful one, because of the mayor's guest, jimmy fallon. just as advertised, the new tonight show host joined mayor emanuel and took a dip into the icy water. both went completely under. judging by the look on his face, wearing a suit didn't help fallon from being shocked at how cold the water was. this all came together when the mayor said he would appear on the tonight show *if fallon did the plunge. >> what is wrong with the people? look at all of you! look at what we have done! >>fallon left the area as fast as he could, following the plunge.

more than three-thousand people went into the lake, despite the ten degree air temperature. that helped raise more than one-million dollars for the special olympics. the blackhawks ended a two-game losing streak with a five to one victory over the pittsburgh ---mispronounced-- penguins at soldier field saturday night. the snow came down during the outdoor finale of the n-h-l's stadium series. the game brought a sellout crowd of more than 62 thousand people despite the bad weather. the windchill was in the single digits ... and at least two inches of snow fell during the game. good times. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. robbery may have been the motive behind saturday's fatal shooting of a near north side business owner. herbert goode owned "silver cloud galleries," near state and ohio. he was shot at his company's factory facility on the southwest side. two witnesses say they saw a light blue car speeding away from the scene. the killer hasn't been caught. authorities are trying to

figure out how a toddler managed to get away from his home in south austin. the three-year-old was found wandering the streets in the 49 hundred block of west adams early yesterday morning. police questioned the mother who says he let himself out. the boy in now the custody of the department of child and family services. police say no arrests are expected. chicago police arrested this man, jason castro of milwaukee, after accusing him of assaulting a woman whose car he had just rear-ended on the northwest side. the woman was picking up her children from school near cicero and dickens on november 19-th when he car was hit. as she started taking pictures of the damage, and the other driver's license plate, police say castro punched her in the face, and broke her nose, a tooth and an eye socket bone. he's charged with felony aggravated battery. a teenager was injured after an accident at the snowboard park where he works in northwest suburban algonquin. the 17-year-old was snowboarding on a beginner's hill when he became entangled yesterday. it took emergency responders at least an hour to free him.

he was taken to a hospital for treatment ... his condition has not been released. the accident is under investigation. ellen degeneres hosted the 86-th academy awards last night in los angeles. >> the oscar goes to ... 12 years a slave. "12 years a slave" was named best picture... lupita nyong'o won best supporting actress in the film. matthew mcconaughey who won best actor for his performance in "dallas buyers club." mcconaughey's co-star, jared leto, won best supporting actor. cate blanchett took home the best actress award for her performance in "blue jasmine." "gravity" won seven oscars -- more than any other film. ellen set a social media record with a celebrity-filled selfie that was re-tweeted more times than any picture in twitter history ... one-point-three million re-tweets in less than

an hour. it included jennifer lawrence, julia roberts, brad pitt, and bradley cooper --who shot the image ... among others. the tweet was so popular, it "broke" twitter for some people .. causing the official *at- the-academy* account to apologize - twice. that's a solid picture. something about the oscars. that's pretty awesome. >> we will do one later. >> we don't have enough friends. >> not an of famous friends. >> we're really call today wind chill advisory is in effect until 9:00. these are not march numbers. that's what we are seeing. currently it's to the greece in valparaiso. soldier field at 5. calumet city is three degrees. old st. mary's is just above zero. - 7 in hartford. we of the current temperature of - 4 at the airport. current windchill -22.

sunlit radar composite shows so trying to creep in off the lake. for the most part it's dry conditions. a disturbance comes our way tonight for in the potential for some light snow. another chance of snow on wednesday but temperatures really don't warm up. 26 on tuesday after a high of 18. wednesday be hit 29. >>coming up ... the navy is looking for the pilot of a fighter jet that crashed in the nevada mountains. plus -- tiger woods is trending this morning. why he pulled out of the final round of the honda classic. and -- we'll have dan's take on the popular song from frozen -- fresh on the heels of an oscar win for best song. i'two pakistani militants burst

into a court building in the country's capital city, and killed at least 11 people. dozens more were injured when the men fired at the with rifles, threw hand grenades, then detonated their suicide vests. among those killed were a judge and a police officer. just days ago, the leadership of pakistan's taliban declared a cease-fire. observers say this morning's attack suggests the taliban's central leaders may not be in full control of the group. here are a few stories that are trending onlinegs

... a u.s. marine jet crashed nevada... the pilot was killed. it happened in a mountainous region, about 60 miles east of reno, at naval air station fallon. the f-a-18-c jet is a total loss. the plane was not carrying any weapons. investigators will try to determine what caused saturday's crash. tiger woods dropped out of the honda classic because of back spasms. he says his lower back started bothering him during sunday's warmups. things got worse as woods went from "five under par," to "five over" by the 13-th hole. russell henley won the event in a four man playoff. woods' next scheduled tournament is thursday at the w- g-c cadillac championship, which he won last year. the shot of the day came from the ladies' tournament. check out paula creamer's 75- foot eagle putt on the second playoff hole, to win the h-s-b- c women's championship. creamer ran across the green and fell to her knees in shock.

this is her first title since the u-s open four years ago. a ukranian model--known as the "human barbie"-- says she doesn't consume food or water. the 23 year old is training herself to live *only on sunlight and air. it's called breatharianism. she says she hasn't been hungry lately, and she hopes that's the final stage before she can begin to live on just air and light. just let the plant. but plans to have food. >> living on chlorophyll? >> that is a new one. she must have made that one up. it's - 1 right now outside. it is cold. we don't warm up at all. today's high temperature only in

the mid to upper teens. typically we should be at 40 degrees. temperatures are colder than normal for the entire week. it won't be the coldest winter on whetherecord. we're - 1 at o. - 6 in a aurora. wind chill is low. advisory is in effect it's currently -22 in bartlett's. -22 in dekalb. the advisories are in effect for all the counties here. it expires today at 9:00 a.m.. talking about the cloud cover its breaking up quickly to the south. lite light affect snow continues up near lansing. the big storm that is really pounding the east coast will continue to move in that direction. disgraced us it was about 5 in. of snow for us the whole weekend. that was on saturday. taking a look around the region, light snow moves in

tonight. while we are dry for much of the day. another chance of snow comes wednesday. the heavy snow is north of chicago. that is generally tuesday night into wednesday. today's high only in the teens. temperatures will decrease today down to 10 degrees tonight. tamara's high as 26. wednesday good chance of snow we had 29. >> eyes and light on the road so far. everything looks fine on the tollways. expressway's are checking in nicely. you won't run into any problems in the downtown area. we will keep you posted throughout the morning. >> coming up, and dominating effort in sports. >> good morning. the academy awards were yesterday. big day on the red carpet. in honor of that i decided to set up a red carpet right here in our studio i surprised all the employees as

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knicks? they are awful but the bulls continued to follow up wins in 2014. another step

towards grad been the no. 3 playoff spot and another showcase for the man in the middle. bulls were all over the floor on sunday and then some. butler with a great save but cannot find the entrance ramp. i try that one time and i could not get past the beer vendor. finally he found an opening. but the knicks were dealing with the bulls' all-star center. a rebound, dribbled, up 23-4 in the first quarter. that was just about it. the first 46 minutes they had only three turnovers getting whatever they wanted our offense. butler to gibson. best finisher on the scene. but the best player without question is no law. lee's second he finds the layup. fairly short of a triple double by halftime. in the third making a move. the ankle goes 90 degrees to the floor but he didn't miss a second of time. then in the fourth quarter augustine

splitting defenders out front. 21 and the fourth quarter 23 for the game. but it went to noah. triple double. >> we're happy we're not satisfied we're still feeling like we are the hungriest team playing in the nba. >> these are high i.q. guys. a very intelligent guy. he wants to keep this secret. >> he knows everybody will be on the floor. this will point centers do. >> he just started the offense got everybody going. he was the quarterback out there tonight making plays. keeping guys moving. he had a great game. triple double. >> 13 and 12 with 14 assists, the most by a center since the

78-79 season. right back at it again tonight on the road against the nets in brooklyn. >> the typical high is 40. we've got what be there today. a lot of people are saying that since i got here it was cold but i came in august. we had about one week and then after that it got cold. today's high temperature just like yesterday in the upper teens. it will be called. do what you can to stay warm. >> bureau in chicago. traffic looks good so far. no major delays or hot spots. you can see how late it is. this is the in bound dan ryan or you can see everything is moving along just fine. the full stretch of the dan ryan. all the roads are looking good. >> still more to come including what was behind a deadly

shooting of a gold coast businessman. >> and the blade runner is in a south african court room right now on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. >> to the emotional speech from the best supporting actress winner for best supporting actress with the oscars. >> and dan takes a popular song from frozen. hear his message to from frozen. hear his message to chicago.

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teachers are boycotting the only standard achievement test. >> the ukraine leader accuses russia of declaring war by moving thousands of troops. >> we will have the big winners from last night's academy awards and how the host actually broke twitter. true story. >> erin. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. happy day. join us in chicago for one of our wacky holidays. >> the weather will be just like yesterday. cold again. today's high is only around the

midteens. typically we should be around 40. we're not even close to 40 in the seven days forecast. right now in harvard it's - 7. - 6 as you travel across the region. gary indiana is reading at eight. foster park elementary is at 3. winter wind chill advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m.. sunshine today but it does not warm up much with temperatures only reaching the midteens by 5:00 p.m. pyrrhic average high is 41. by 9:00 p.m. we're down to 12 with white snow coming. friday is the day that we warm up to close to normal levels. today we are 15. when say we're 29. thursday we make 34. >> good morning. everything is looking good so far. a few new construction projects are kicking off today. harrison avenue bridge is blocked off starting today and that's all for some bridge replacement for projects going on until

september 1st. also far north suburbs waukegan road off blocked off from the skokie highway until august 15th. expected delays in through that area as everyone gets through those closures. >>it is day one of the oscar pistorius murder trial in south africa. the amputee athlete, known as 'blade runner,' is charged with murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius shot and killed her, at his home, last year. he says he thought an intruder was in his bathroom, when he shot several shots through a closed bathroom door. but prosecutors say he took the time to get his prosthetic legs and his gun, before he walked to the bathroom. a judge will decide the verdict in what's expected to be a three week trial. the new leadership of ukraine is accusing russia of declaring

war. six thousand russian troops effectively seized control of ukraine's crimean peninsula over the weekend. crimea is on the black sea, a major shipping lane for russian crude oil. the russians have surrounded three ukrainian military bases, and demanded that the soldiers inside surrender. the g-8 summit, scheduled in russia this summer, has been suspended in protest. secretary of state john kerry warns, russia could face tough economic sanctions if it doesn't pull out of crimea. teachers at two chicago public schools will boycott the state standardized test. judy wang is *live at saucedo scholastic academy in little village with more. >> good morning. the sign outside says testing begins today. several teachers here say they are going to give the test and many parents back them up. the school friends to punish teachers to boycott. >> we're not afraid. we're standing stuff for our kids and what is right. >> the announcement from 40

teachers at the little village school they argue it wastes valuable construction time and cts is not using the results for grade promotion or to determine eligibility for the league schools. the professor says there are going to replace the test next year. on friday teachers at another school decided they would also refuse to give the test. if it stands for illinois standard achievement test. the state requires it to comply with the federal no child left behind law fund. students in 3-8 grade undergo two weeks of testing the cpsc says teachers who do not give the test will face disciplinary action including losing their teaching certifications. the mayor agrees with that. >> she made the right call since the system is a test the state mandated it will be out next year so the teachers goal has been accomplished. this year we will continue because we have

to. the state mandates that. the only people who can pull somebody out is not a teacher but a parent. >> teachers claim the parents of about 500 students have opted out of the exam. barbara byrd bennett sent a letter telling principles that she wants them to order teachers out of the building if they refuse to give the tests and the tips chicago teachers union supports the teachers and says its attorneys are gearing up for a fight. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. robbery may have been the motive behind saturday's fatal shooting of a near north side business owner. herbert goode owned "silver cloud galleries," near state and ohio. he was shot at his company's factory facility on the southwest side. two witnesses say they saw a light blue car speeding away from the secne. the killer hasn't been caught. a truck driver from hanover park will be arraigned today, on multiple felony charges in the death of an illinois

tollway employee on i-88. police say renato velasquez was driving for too long, with too little sleep, and with falsified records, when his rig crashed into a tollway vehicle and a state police car that had stopped to help a disabled vehicle. the crash killed vincent petrella, and injured a state trooper. early voting begins today, and some younger voters could be at the polls. a new law lets "17 year olds" register and vote in the primary, as long as they're 18 by the november general election. more than nine-thousand have done so. early voting ends march 15th. the primary is on the 18-th. a massive winter storm is now hitting the east coast. federal government offices in washington are closed today. the d-c area expects rain, ice and eight to 12 inches of snow. central arkansas, tennessee and kentucky are also at risk for heavy ice conditions. public schools from dallas to philadelphia canceled classes for today. and by early sunday evening,

about two thousand flights were canceled and 56 hundred delayed due to the storm. this year's polar plunge turned out to be the most successful one, because of the mayor's guest, jimmy fallon. just as advertised, the new tonight show host joined mayor emanuel and took a dip into the icy water. both went completely under. judging by the look on his face, wearing a suit didn't help fallon from being shocked at how cold the water was. this all came together when the mayor said he would appear on the tonight show *if fallon did the plunge. >> what is wrong with you people? look at all of you! look at what we have done! >> he is so cold his words are slurred. >>fallon left the area as fast as he could, following the plunge. more than three-thousand people went into the lake, despite the ten degree air temperature. that helped raise more than one-million dollars for the special olympics.

"12 years a slave" was named best picture at the 86-th academy awards last night in los angeles. and "gravity" won seven oscars -- more than any other film. matthew mcconaughey who won best actor for "dallas buyers club." his co-star, jared leto, won best supporting actor. cate blanchett took home the best actress award for "blue jasmine." and lupita nyong'o got emotional while accepting the award for supporting actress in "12 years a slave." >> thank you for this incredible recognition. it does not escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to some much pain in someone else's. thank you so much for putting me in this position. it has been the joy of my life. >> her voice is so delightful i want her to read the rest of the news. this was nyong'o's first feature film role. >> are you try to lose your job? >> i am giving it to her. >>ellen degeneres promised she'd deliver pizza to the oscars audience and she pulled through... ellen walked through the crowed with the delivery man handing out slices. when it came down to paying the

sandra bullock for cash, but she didn't have any on her. ellen also broke a twitter record with this celebrity- filled selfie. it was re-tweeted more times than any photograph in twitter history. --one-point-three million re-tweets in less than an hour. well done. >> it's still cold outside. it will warm up today. typically we will be at 41. we will be lucky if we make 20 across the whole region. bundle up this monday. it's - one degree at o'hare. - 4 in waukegan. - 5 down and garlic. kankakee is warmer. one degree at this hour. current windchill is quite low. -26 in the cal. we have a wind chill advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m.. looking at clearing skies. it will help you cooled down we're seeing that this morning. no snow except a line of snow

showers on the flip side of minnesota. it won't get here until tonight. light snow comes late tonight. it could affect us tomorrow morning but it won't be heavy. through tuesday night and wednesday we do have the chance of more accumulation coming our way. today's high temperature is 15. we go back down to 10. tamara's high is 26. wednesday we will see snow the high is under 30. >> still had marcus rolls out the red carpet. >> and of course we will have danced take on the popular song from frozen -- fresh on the heels of an oscar win for best song. that the lot to live up to. so e

this has been the worst winter we've had in many years. everywhere you go around chicagoland you hear nothing but complaints. well i say - chicago, it's time to let it go. singing: frozen

singing: frozen. the cold never bothered us anyway ... >> what did you think? >> that a good morning. that was awesome. that was amazing. >> all that dirty snow? the were at the need that. >> dirty snow in your coffee ... >> we should just let winter go. >> winter won't let us go. it keeps coming back. here we go. - 6 in the algonquin. - 6 in st. charles and west chicago. the numbers are quite low the temperatures will be lower all day. today we make 40 degrees. but we will be lucky to make 20

into tomorrow. wind chills are really low -22 for bartlett. -26 in the cal. we are dry. lightly the fact snow will make its way on shore in southern cook county. but look at our day. 15 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. we're down to 12. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow we are 13. we will remain 15-20 degrees colder than normal. the high only reaches 15. tuesday will make 26. thursday, 34. friday we almost hit 40. >> that's nothing to cheer about. let's take a look at traffic. everything is looking good so far. just a few projects happening. the bonn avenue getting a bridge reconstruction between park. expect delays through that stretch as the work on that. the mannheim widening project continues so there are

some ramp blockages there that lasts until mid july. >> time for the early bird special. what film won every category for which it was nominated for a total of 11 oscars? if you know the answer log on to our website. you could win a gift card to the wilderness resort. the winner will be chosen today. >> coming up, we hit the red carpet with what the people at wgn are wearing.would continue a

today. >> if everything young boy's dream to host the red carpet one day. someday you realize those dreams will never come true. it will never happen you are 33 and you have two kids and nobody calls you to do that stuff. the just someone outside your place of business. i did that and i surprised all the employees with the red carpet of their very own. >> this is where all the magic

happens. we are on bradley place with the glitz and glamour and the biggest names in news they are arriving as we speak. before they get ready for another day at work, they talked to us on the red carpet. >> it's none other than julien crews here in the building. you are here on the red carpet. you are here on the red carpet that that that you're missing the red carpet! how are you? tell me who you are wearing. >> this is just me. i think this is from kohl's. >> thank you for being here. we're going over here to our shoot camera. can you stand over here and show off your shoes? we have some major stars walking

in. the george clooney of wgn. he's walking in the door right now. how are you? so who are you wearing? >> who am i wearing? something made of kashmir or maybe it a cable of go to? >> this is from talbots. >> i guess i should have known that. >> i forgot my gloves. >> something in italy. >> it sounds expensive. >> this is a personal collection. >> how're you doing today? what is it like being in larry's in turn? working with somebody like larry day in and day out? >> he's a great mentor and he knows a lot more off the air.

>> we had the director here with us. thank you for being here. did you have anything they got ready for a day here at the office? >> i generally try in to work and then i look at the people that are on the air and determine who will be here by the end of the day. >> can you go to our shoot camera? no? >> i need to be careful. >> any surprises in store from the age our department? >> nothing i can talk about or would have to fire you. >> is that a classic or what? >> there you go. i am available to set up a red carpet wherever. you can contact me on the website. they go. >> you still have a job here. >> i do for now ... hopefully everybody is sleeping. >> could work. >> they better watch out there

you are on their tail. we're cold temperatures today. only three degrees. typically we should be in the low '40's. sunshine today. light snow comes our way tonight better chance of snow tuesday night into wednesday. wednesday at we are just under 30. thursday will make 34. friday a high temperature of 39. maybe rain and snow mixed and it could be ic. >> so far all the main roads look ok. heading toward grundy county we have an incident south bound 55 everything is shut down with a jackknifed semi. he posted on that here's a look at the expressway at the dan ryan. everything is in good shape. >> coming up, the latest overnight developments in the cream. >> and highlights and reaction from the oscars. stay with us.

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